Ariana Figueroa
Candidates, mostly Republican, skip debates, bar press during midterm campaigns
With two months left of the 2022 campaign season, a majority of Republican candidates are continuing to skirt away from not only talking to local and national media outlets about their policy issues, but their own constituents, leaving voters with little information on their policy positions.
U.S. House panel advances assault weapons ban on party-line vote
The party-line 25-18 vote followed recent mass shootings in which AR-15 style rifles were used — in Uvalde, Texas, where 19 children and two teachers were murdered, and Buffalo, New York, where 10 people were killed.
Biden says he supports filibuster exception for abortion rights legislation
President Joe Biden on Thursday said he supports an exception to the U.S. Senate filibuster in order to enshrine Roe v. Wade in federal law, after the Supreme Court last week struck down the case that established abortion as a constitutional right.
U.S. House passes ‘red flag’ gun control bill from Georgia Rep. McBath
The U.S. House on Thursday passed a “red flag” gun control bill that would allow federal courts to temporarily remove a firearm from an individual who is adjudged to pose a threat to themselves or others.
Biden urges assault weapons ban, as U.S. House Democrats advance gun control bills
President Joe Biden called on Congress to pass gun control legislation in a speech at the White House Thursday evening, following mass shootings in New York, Texas and Oklahoma during the last three weeks.
Senate Republicans block bill requiring agencies monitor domestic terrorism
U.S. Senate Republicans on Thursday blocked a bill that would require federal agencies to monitor domestic terrorism incidents, including those potentially related to White supremacy.
Rosendale no show: Truth commission for U.S. Indian Boarding Schools
Rep. Sharice Davids, D-Kansas, sponsored the bill, H.R. 5444, which would establish the Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies. Rep. Matt Rosendale, R-Montana, didn't attend the hearing according to national media.
Senate passes bill to make Daylight Saving Time permanent
The U.S. Senate with little debate on Tuesday unanimously supported a permanent change to daylight saving time, several days after Americans once again went through the hated “spring forward” ritual of changing their clocks.
Rosendale seeking say before U.S. ‘warmongers’ send troops to Ukraine
President Joe Biden has not dispatched troops to Ukraine following Russia’s invasion and has said he does not intend to do so, but on Tuesday announced sanctions on Russia, as well as on its oligarchs.
Missoula County in attendance: Biden meets with county leaders in D.C., promotes Build Back Better
“Families are getting clobbered by the cost of everyday things,” President Joe Biden told members of the National Association of Counties at a Tuesday conference, which Missoula County commissioners are attending.